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The Relationship Between Source Credibility and Political Participation: Examining the Egyptian Talk Show “Masr Al Yom” Broadcast on Al Faraeen Satellite Channel American University in Cairo AUC Knowledge Fountain Theses and Dissertations 6-1-2014 The Relationship between Source Credibility and Political Participation: Examining the Egyptian Talk Show “Masr Al Yom” broadcast on Al Faraeen Satellite Channel Riham Ibrahim Abdel Raouf Follow this and additional works at: https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds Recommended Citation APA Citation Abdel Raouf, R. (2014).The Relationship between Source Credibility and Political Participation: Examining the Egyptian Talk Show “Masr Al Yom” broadcast on Al Faraeen Satellite Channel [Master’s thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain. https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1011 MLA Citation Abdel Raouf, Riham Ibrahim. The Relationship between Source Credibility and Political Participation: Examining the Egyptian Talk Show “Masr Al Yom” broadcast on Al Faraeen Satellite Channel. 2014. American University in Cairo, Master's thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain. https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1011 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by AUC Knowledge Fountain. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of AUC Knowledge Fountain. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The American University in Cairo School of Global Affairs and Public Policy The Relationship between Source Credibility and Political Participation: Examining the Egyptian Talk Show “Masr Al Yom” broadcast on Al Faraeen Satellite Channel A Thesis Submitted to The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts By Riham Ibrahim Abdel Raouf Under the supervision of Dr. Naila Hamdy Spring 2014 1 DEDICATION To the loving memory of my mentor Professor Gihan Rachty. I feel endless gratitude for all the knowledge and wisdom you taught me. You were the primary reason I grew fond of the discipline of Mass Communication. I learned a lot from your dedication and high moral values. I will never forget you. May your beautiful soul Rest In Peace… ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would have never been able to complete this thesis if it has not been for the support and love of my family. I can never be thankful enough for my parents Ibrahim Abdel Raouf and Inas Lotfy who encouraged me to pursue graduate studies in the first place. It was a great and rich experience that I learned a lot from. I would also like to thank my sister and brother Nouran and Mohamed for being there for me whenever I needed them. I would like to thank my best friend Yasmine Ismail for her support and encouragement throughout the past 2 years. This thesis would not have become a reality if it had not been for my advisor Dr. Naila Hamdy. I am grateful to have worked with you for the past two years. I will never forget your kindness, patience, and support. I am forever in your debt. I know that my words can never do you justice, but they are the least I can offer to you. I would also like to thank my readers Dr. Kevin Keenan and Dr. Amani Ismail. I am so grateful to you for taking time among your busy schedules to read my thesis. Your insightful remarks were of great value for this thesis. I can also never forget to thank Dr. Mervat Abo Ouf, the Chair of the department for the support and kindness she showed me whenever I met her. Thank you for being the lovely person you are. I would also like to extend my thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Nihal Al Gammal and Mrs. Nesrine Azmy for their helpfulness and thoughtfulness. I would also like to thank my esteemed colleagues at GAFI for the support they gave me throughout my MA studies. I appreciate all that you did for me and will never forget it. I would also like to sincerely thank Mrs. Sawsan Mardini, the director of the Graduate Student Services Office for all the resources and facilities the office provides. They were of great help for me as a student. Furthermore, I would like to thank Dr. Hassan Zaky and Mr. Amro El Sayed from the Social Research Center for helping with the survey data. Abstract This study set out to assess the credibility of Egyptian talk show host Tawfik Okasha and how it affects the political participation tendencies of his viewers. The results showed that he was highly rated on the components of expertness and trustworthiness and moderately on the component of goodwill. Overall, Tawfik Okasha was perceived as a credible communicator. Tawfik Okasha’s credibility varied among the different educational levels. He is mostly credible among the “illiterate” and the “less than high school” categories. Compared to the rest of the educational levels, highly educated people do not perceive Tawfik Okasha as credible. Perceiving Tawfik Okasha as credible was found to be associated with active political participation among the respondents. The results also showed that respondents who perceive Okasha as credible are more likely to vote for the candidates he supports. Okasha’s use of nationalist discourse has been shown to enhance his credibility. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................ 1 1.1 Overview of Talk shows in the Arab World and Egypt …………….3 1.2 The importance of the Study…………………………………………10 Chapter 2: Literature Review and Theoretical Framework……………11 2.1 Overview of Political Communication and Its Effects………………11 2.2 The effect of Television on political participation…………………18 2.3 The Relationship between Internet Use and Political Participation..22 2.4 Social media and Political participation in Egypt…………………..25 2.5 The Story of Tawfik Okasha…………………………………………28 2.6 Tawfik Okasha in his own words…………………………………….34 2.7 Source Credibility Theory…………………………………………….38 Chapter 3: Methodology…………………………………………………44 3.1 Research Questions and Hypotheses………………………………..45 3.2 Type of Sample……………………………………………………….49 3.3 Sample Size……………………………………………………………50 3.4 Data Collection………………………………………………………..50 3.5 Pretesting………………………………………………………………50 3.6 Survey Design………………………………………………………….51 Chapter 4: Results………………………………………………………53 4.1 Sample Characteristics………………………………………………..53 4.2 Type and frequency of Media Use……………………………………56 4.3 Analysis of respondents’ Political Participation Levels……………..60 4.4 Research Questions and Hypotheses Testing………………………....69 Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion…………………………………….84 5.1 Discussion and Conclusion…………………………………………….84 5.2 Limitations of the study………………………………………………..89 5.3 Recommendations for Future Studies…………………………………90 Bibliography……………………………………………………………..91 Appendices………………………………………………………………115 Appendix A: English Version of Survey……………………………….115 Appendix B: Arabic Version of Survey………………………………..121 Appendix C: CAPMAS Approval………………………………………128 List of Tables Table 1: Do you think that political participation is important for Egypt's future? 60 Table 2: Did you vote in the 2012 presidential elections? 60 Table 3: Who did you vote for in the 2012 presidential elections? 61 Table 4: Did you participate in the January 2014 constitutional referendum? 62 Table 5: Did you vote in favor of the constitution or against it? 62 Table 6: Did you participate in the protests of the January 25th revolution? 63 Table 7: Did you participate in the protests of the June 30th revolution? 63 Table 8: Participation in the January revolution Vs. Participation in the June 30th revolution 64 Table 9: Responding to the call of Tawfik Okasha to protest on June 30th 65 Table 10: Responding to the call of Tamarrod to protest on June 30th 65 Table 11: Responding to the call of a political party to protest on June 30th 65 Table 12: Likert scale statements about political participation 66 Table 13: Are you going to participate in the upcoming presidential elections? 67 Table 14: If you are going to participate, who are you going to vote for? 67 Table 15: Do you have anything else that you would like to say about T.V talk show host Tawfik Okasha? 68 Table 16: Distribution of respondents’ rating of Tawfik Okasha’s expertness 69 Table 17: The mean score of Tawfik Okasha’s expertness 70 Table 18: Distribution of respondents’ rating of Tawfik Okasha’s Trustworthiness 70 Table 19: The mean score of Tawfik Okasha’s trustworthiness 71 Table 20: Distribution of respondents’ rating of Tawfik Okasha’s Goodwill 71 Table 21: The mean score of Tawfik Okasha’s Goodwill 71 Table 22 The mean score of Tawfik Okasha’s overall Credibility 72 Table 23: Relationship between liking nationalist discourse and perceiving Okasha as a credible communicator 74 Table 24: The relationship between perceiving Okasha as a credible communicator and believing that political participation is important for Egypt’s future 76 Table25 The relationship between Tawfik Okasha’s credibility and voting for the candidate he supported in the 2012 presidential elections 27 Table 26: The relationship between Tawfik Okasha’s credibility and voting for the candidates he supports in the upcoming presidential elections 78 Table 27 How the respondents felt about participating in a protests organized by Tawfik Okasha 79 Table 28: Relationship between the mean scores of Tawfik Okasha’s credibility and attending a protest he organized 80 Table 29: Credibility means according to the Level of Education 81 Table 30: The mean scores of Tawfik Okasha’s credibility among the highly educated respondents Vs. The rest of the educational levels altogether 82 Table 31: Okasha’s credibility and the use of the Internet by the Youth 83 List of figures Figure 1 Banner from the Abbasiya protest in December 2011 displaying four Egyptian talk show hosts in nooses 32 Figure 2: Distribution of respondents’ age 53 Figure 3: Employment status of respondents 54 Figure 4: Distribution of respondents’ monthly income 55 Figure 5: Primary Source for Political Information 56 Figure 6: How many hours do you spend watching Television daily? 57 Figure 7: How many hours do you spend watching T.V. talk shows daily? 58 Figure 8: Frequency of watching Tawfik Okasha’s talk show “Masr Al Yom” 59 Chapter 1: Introduction "I will be the first to admit that getting votes and getting an audience are two different things.
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